PR 26-0168 — Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia Michael Dannenberg Confirmation Resolution of 2025

Advised various Democratic Senators during floor debate, Committee hearings, House/Senate conference sessions, and private meetings.

 Negotiated agreements with Administration officials, Congressional staff, and interest group representatives;

delivered speeches at national and state conferences on federal education policy.

 Named by National Journal to “The Hill 100” list of Congress’ most influential aides.

The Honorable Lawrence E.

Kahn United States District Court, Northern District of New York Law Clerk, Fall 1998 - Fall 1999 Drafted decisions, bench memoranda, and briefing materials regarding civil and criminal matters.

Developed expertise in Section 1983, equal protection, and anti- discrimination law.

The Honorable Claiborne Pell United States Senate Education Subcommittee Professional Staff Member, Fall 1991 - Spring 1995 Primary legislative specialist responsible for ESEA Title I program reauthorization.

Drafted statutory provisions, statements, talking points, and articles for Subcommittee Chairman Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) on the 1992 Higher Education Act Amendments, the Goals 2000:

Educate America Act of 1994, and the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994.

Conceived and led a series of school finance hearings.

M ICHAEL D ANNENBERG NON-GOV’T EXPERIENCE College Promise Campaign Senior Fellow, Spring 2022 – Fall 2023 Carried out research and policy development on ways to improve higher education access and its connection to secondary schools, work, service (including civics), and student learning outcomes.

Successfully generated expansion of Federal Work Study program authority for voter contact work.

Education Reform Now Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Higher Education Policy, Fall 2014 – Spring 2022 Co-led education equity and innovation think tank reboot.

Drafted and co-authored short and long policy papers on high school, higher education, and education finance issues.

Recruited, hired, and managed junior staff.

Raised funds.

Briefed Members of Congress, Congressional staff, Administration officials, Presidential campaign staff, and elected state leaders.

Supported state affiliate advocacy campaigns.

The Education Trust Director of Higher Education & Education Finance Policy, Fall 2012 – Fall 2014  Conducted policy analyses;

developed recommendations;

wrote issue briefs, op- eds, and memoranda on a variety of education equity topics;

supervised and mentored junior staff doing the same.

 Led cross-division team in developing federal student aid redesign proposal.

Product described as “visionary” by the National Journal and supported by a variety student groups and higher education leaders.

Formed coalition in support of further federal financial aid redesign work.

 Testified before Congress on strengthening the Pell Grant program and other higher education issues.

 Primary force behind grassroots effort to restore financial aid at the University of Virginia.

Campaign mobilized over 8,000 supporters and resulted in $8 million in increased need-based financial aid.

New America Foundation Founder & Director, Education Policy Program, Fall 2005 – Winter 2009  Founded comprehensive PK-16 education policy program.

Developed strategic plan focused on education budget, higher education, and early education issues.

Raised and managed over $3.5 million in grants.

Recruited, hired, and managed nine-member program staff.

 Created and edited Higher Ed Watch and Ed Money Watch policy blogs.

Broke national front-page news of a student loan “pay for play” scandal involving improper payments, gifts, and insider stock conveyed by student loan companies to college aid officials;

identified tens of billions of dollars in federal loan program inefficiencies;

and proffered a series of remedies embraced in federal law.

 Generated new K-12, higher education, and early education policy ideas for Members of Congress, Governors, and various political candidates.

Ghostwrote statements and drafted legislation.

 Created mini-think tank studying the size, distribution, effectiveness, and efficiency of federal education funding.

The Federal Education Budget Project contains funding, demographic, and achievement data for every state and school district in the nation;

allows visitors to compare states and districts according to a variety of metrics;

& includes detailed information on the budget process.

 Authored major policy papers, magazine articles, and op-eds.

Commentary appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and American Prospect.

Broadcast appearances on National Public Radio, CNN, CNBC, and the CBS News program, 60 Minutes.

TEACHING Stanford Law School Instructor, Fall 1999 - Spring 2000 Taught first-year law students legal research, writing, analysis, and oral argument skills.

EDUCATION Yale Law School, J.D., 1998 Stanford University, M.A., in Education Policy Analysis and Administration, 2000 Boston University, B.A., magna cum laude, in Political Science, 1991 First-generation college graduate.

Self-financed 100% of college and graduate school education.

1M ICHAEL D ANNENBERG SELECT PUBLICATIONS Michael Dannenberg, The Path Forward in a Post-Affirmative Action World, Politico, June 13, 2023 Dannenberg & Hyslop, Let Some High School Juniors go Directly to College, Education Next, Feb.

20, 2019 (op-ed) Dannenberg & Mugglestone, No Commencement in the Commonwealth, Education Reform Now, May 24, 2018 Dannenberg & Mugglestone, Making Promises:

Designing College Promise Programs Worth Keeping, Education Reform Now, Nov.

2017 Michael Dannenberg, The Unnoticed Threat to Public Schools (Tax Policy), Democracy Journal, May 17, 2017 Dannenberg & Nguyen Barry, Out of Pocket:

The High Cost of Inadequate High Schools and High School Student Achievement, Education Reform Now, April 18, (exclusively and favorably discussed in subsequent New York Times editorial, Guess Who’s Taking Remedial Classes, May 10, 2016) Michael Dannenberg, How to Prevent the Next Corinthian, U.S.

News, June 12, 2015 (op-ed) Shireman & Dannenberg, Elite Colleges or Private Clubs? New York Daily News, Nov.

3, 2014 (op-ed) Dannenberg & Nguyen Barry, Tough Love:

Bottom Line Standards, Education Trust, June 13, 2014 Dannenberg & Voight, Doing Away with Debt, Education Trust, April 12, 2013 Michael Dannenberg, Obama’s College Affordability Plan, USA Today, Sept.

22, 2013 (op-ed) Michael Dannenberg, The Ted Kennedy I Knew, Los Angeles Times, Aug.

28, 2009 (op-ed) Michael Dannenberg, The Truth About Tuition, The American Prospect, Aug.

13, Michael Dannenberg, A College Fund for Every Student, Boston Globe, Aug.

23, (op-ed) Michael Dannenberg, A Derivative Right to Education:

How Standards-Based Reform Redefines the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Yale Law & Policy Review (1997) Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments John A.

Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004 Michael Dannenberg Mr.

Michael Dannenberg is the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s Deputy Commissioner for Policy.

Most recently, he served asaSeniorFellowwiththeCollegePromiseCampaign.Michaelisawell- known, long-time senior education advisor who has worked for various public officials, including former Obama Administration U.S.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, the late Senator Edward M.

Kennedy (D-MA) and Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI), multiple past Democratic Party nominees for President, and a series of gubernatorial candidates.

While a senior aide at the U.S.

Department of Education, Michael led work on various student aid, college completion, and teacher education initiatives.

While with Senators Kennedy and Pell, he played a lead role in developing and drafting two Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization laws, the Education Finance Incentive Grant Program, Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, and numerous elements of federal higher education and appropriations law.

In between government stints, Mr.

Dannenberg has run education budget and policy programs at advocacy groups and think tanks, including the Education Trust where he was Director of Higher Education Policy and the New America Foundation where he founded and managed the PK-16 Education Policy Program and Federal Education Budget Project.

Michael and his work have appeared in The Washington Post, TheNewYork Times,ChicagoTribune, BostonGlobe,Politico Magazine, and The American Prospect.

He has testified before Congress and multiple state legislatures as well as made broadcast appearances on PBS, WNYC, C-SPAN, CNBC, MSNBC, and the CBS news program, 60 Minutes.

A Ward 3 resident, Mr.

Dannenberg earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Boston University, his Master of Arts in Education Policy Analysis and Administration from Stanford University, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.

GOVERNMENTOFTHE DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA Executive Officeof MayorMuriel Bowser Officeof the General Counsel to theMayor To:

Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker From:

Betsy Cavendish Date:

March 25, 2025 Subject:

Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Michael Dannenberg, David Croom, and Dr.

Abidemi Oyedele as members of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia  This is to Certify thatthis office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and found them to be legally unobjectionable.

If you have anyquestions in this regard, pleasedo not hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy GeneralCounsel, ExecutiveOffice of the Mayor, at 202- 724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.

______________________________ Elizabeth A.

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